Chapter 916: Happiness Gives Birth to Sorrow
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Wei Yuanzhong said: "Well, you can't be knighted, you can compensate in other ways." β
"How to compensate? Cui Aiqing is rich and rivals the country, I just reward him with thousands of food estates, and people are not rare. β
"The father of Cui Xiang can be crowned as the prince of the country, and the mother of Cui Xiang can be crowned as the wife of the country. Cui Xiang exchanged his own merits and titles for the glory of his parents, which is also a beautiful talk. β
At the beginning, in order to reward Cui Geng for solving the luck of Cao, Wu Zetian posthumously named his father as the doctor of Wupin Chaosan. Now Wei Yuanzhong proposed to posthumously crown his father as the Duke of the Kingdom, which can be described as a repeat of the old trick.
However, having said that, if it was an equivalent exchange before, now it means a bit of a forced buy.
The reason is very simple, Cui Geng earned a title of "Wupin Chaosan Doctor" for his father, which is completely enough, and then posthumously named the prince of the country, it has no practical significance. What's more, this posthumous seal also requires Cui Geng to exchange his "King of Fuyang" and the great achievements he has made this time. However, since Wei Yuanzhong took out the big hat of "filial piety" and buttoned it down, it was difficult for Cui Geng and Li Xian to refuse.
Li Xian looked at Cui Geng and said, "Cui Aiqing, what do you think?" β
"There is no objection to the minister."
"Okay, then I will posthumously crown Ling Zun as the Duke of Gu Guo, and Ling Tang as Mrs. Gu Guo! As for you...... Just for the Duke of Chu. β
Cui Geng said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! β
Wei Yuanzhong took the opportunity to say: "Since Cui Xiangdu has been demoted to the prince of the country, should the kings surnamed Wu also be demoted to the prince of the country?" β
After the Shenlong coup, Li Xian had already demoted the kings surnamed Wu to the title once, among which Wu Sansi was the king of Dejing, Wu Youji was the king of Leshou, and the rest were all princes.
Wu Sansi is Wu Zetian's only nephew, so he is given preferential treatment. As for Wu Youji, it is because he is the titular husband of Princess Taiping.
Again, the truth is such a truth, but it is too harsh to say.
Li Xian frowned and said: "Then demote Dejing Wang Wu Sansi to Liang Guogong, and Leshou Wang Wuyou to Wu Guogong." β
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Led by Wei Yuanzhong, the ministers knelt on the ground.
After the Shenlong coup, Wu Sansi and others still had to be in power, and people of insight were all worried that the Wu clan would make a comeback. Now it's okay, Wu Sansi is dead, and Wu Youji has also been demoted to the rank of Guogong, so forget it, everyone's heart is sick.
Many people's eyes on Wei Yuanzhong have gradually changed.
To be honest, for more than a year, Wei Yuanzhong's position as the leader of Qingliu has been very unstable.
First, after eating other people's mouths, Wei Yuanzhong was given 100 households by Wu Zetian's edict, so he was not too embarrassed to deal with the Wu family. Second, the sea has been up and down so many times, and Old Man Wei is old, and he really doesn't want to experience it again, so he turns a blind eye to many perverse actions of Li Xian and Empress Wei.
These two points add up, Wei Yuanzhong is shy and shrunk, and it is inevitable that he will be criticized. Yuan Chuke, the captain of the sour jujube, even wrote directly to Wei Yuanzhong, pointing out his ten major faults and announcing them to the world. Wei Yuanzhong could only politely write a letter of thanks.
Now, as soon as Wei Yuanzhong made a move, he got rid of the only three remaining kings with different surnames in the country, which is a bit of a sensation for three years, and everyone thinks that Old Man Wei may have been blamed before.
Wei Yuanzhong's heart, not to mention how beautiful it is, his idea is not only good for Cui Geng and the martial arts, but also has to correct his name by the way, it is really a double win!
What's even happier is that in this coup d'Γ©tat, Wu Sansi died, and the Tang Dynasty should have a new look.
As for doing this, it seems a little unkind to Cui Geng? Forget it, after a long time, he will understand the old man's painstaking efforts.
To be honest, Wei Yuanzhong played this little slippery head, Cui Gengzhen didn't take it to heart, and he didn't want to worry about Wei Yuanzhong.
However, he didn't want to care, but someone wanted to care.
The first one is Empress Wei, Wu Sansi is her lover~ person, this death is dead, and the title has been cut for no reason, can the tone in Empress Wei's heart be smooth?
The second is Zong Chuke, who has coveted Wei Yuanzhong, the position of the head of the prime minister, for a long time, and keenly feels Empress Wei's thoughts.
As for the third place, it is Li Lingyue, the princess of Taiping.
After such a big incident, of course Li Lingyue couldn't continue to stay in Mingyue Tower, and had already stepped upstairs at this time.
As soon as she finished the ceremony, Li Lingyue learned the news from Li Xian's mouth that her husband had been stripped of the throne.
Li Xian didn't want to offend this sister, so he intentionally or unintentionally took himself out and put the main responsibility on Wei Yuanzhong's head.
Although Li Lingyue has no relationship with Wu Youji, she is still very angry at this behavior that has cut her face.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, can Li Chongjun be caught now?" β
"The Duke of Chu has already sent Changshang Guoyi and Zhao Sishen to lead the cavalry to chase after him, presumably it won't be long before good news comes."
"What about their accomplices?"
"It's all gone."
"All the ambushes? Not necessarily. Li Lingyue said slowly: "As far as the concubine knows, Li Chongjun has at least two comrades, and he has not subdued the law?" β
"Oh? Which two are the same party? β
Li Lingyue waved her hand and said, "Bring it up!" β
Suddenly, a middle-aged man in his forties, and a beautiful woman with unparalleled beauty, were taken to the Suzaku Gate.
It is Wei Yuanzhong's eldest son, Wei Sheng, and Yu Linglong, the first prostitute in Chang'an.
Li Xian was stunned and said, "Isn't this the servant Shaoqing Wei Sheng?" How could he be a fellow of the rebels? β
Li Lingyue said: "Are they Li Chongjun's comrades, but Cui Xiang knows it very well?" β
Cui Geng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Wei Chen's subordinates Huang Youwei and the dramatist Kai did learn the news that King Wei was going to rebel in time by tracking Yu Linglong. If Your Majesty doesn't believe you, you can come up to them and confront them face to face. β
It was about Wei Yuanzhong's eldest son, and Li Xian didn't dare to take it lightly, and said, "Quasi! β
Immediately, Huang Youwei and the playwright opened the Suzaku Gate and told the conversation between the two in detail what they had heard.
Seeing that there was no denial, the two obediently confessed their sins.
It turned out that Li Chongjun was worried about what would happen to the coup d'Γ©tat, so Wei Sheng arranged Yu Linglong into a secret place. If there is disharmony, Yu Linglong will escape from Chang'an and fly away.
Li Lingyue said: "Yu Linglong's hiding place is not far from Mingyue Tower, and it is densely covered with the eyeliner of the palace. Huang Youwei and the dramatist claimed that they had heard the news that King Wei was going to rebel, and it was easy to reverse it to these two people. Hmph, one is the son of the prime minister of the dynasty, and the other is Li Chongjun's forbidden belly, who else can they be? β
Zong Chuke saw the advantage and said: "Wei Sheng is the eldest son of Wei Xiang, he participated in the rebellion, and Wei Xiang is probably not so innocent!" He also asked His Majesty to hand over Wei to Yousi and torture him severely. β
Wei Yuanzhong took off the black veil on his head and said, "Weichen is not strict with his son, so that this rebel son has caused such a monstrous disaster. Now Weichen is speechless, no matter how His Majesty disposes of it, I have no complaints! β
Li Xian was also quite embarrassed. On the one hand, he is a person who values feelings, and he really doesn't want to do anything to Wei Yuanzhong, an old courtier. But on the other hand, he also doubted what role Wei Yuanzhong played in this coup.
Li Xian pondered for a long time, looked at Cui Geng and said, "Cui Aiqing, what do you think?" β
When people heard this, they couldn't help but secretly scream in their hearts, "Wei Yuanzhong is finished!" "The debt in June has to be repaid quickly, Wei Yuanzhong just got Cui Geng's Fuyang King down, now with such a good opportunity, can Cui Geng not fall into the ground?